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Tofana_237744
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Nov 30, 2017

UCS Platform Migration

Hi all,   I'm looking for some assistance with moving the configuration from an old BIGIP to a new platform. Both boxes are running different code versions at the moment (old box is running 11.5.4...
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RaghavendraSY's avatar
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Nov 30, 2017

Hi,

 

You can use below command to perform no-platform-check

 

tmsh load sys ucs [ucs file name] no-platform-check

 

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/16000/200/sol16216.html

 

You can also load UCS file with no -license

 

tmsh load sys ucs [ucs file name] no-license

 

My suggestion is:

 

  1. Upgrade your old device to 12.1.2
  2. Then Export UCS file
  3. Import on new device (Configure with same name and management IP as old device)
  4. Once UCS file is loaded, you can change hostname and management IP to according to your requirement.

Hope this helps.

 

  • Tofana_237744's avatar
    Tofana_237744
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    Nov 30, 2017

    Hi RaghavendraSY,

     

    Thanks for the assistance, much appreciated.

     

    I'll give this a try, although I think i'll downgrade the new boxes to the same version as the current as that will save me the pain of going through change to upgrade prod boxes! Once i've got the config on the new boxes, i'll upgrade the software on them.

     

    Thanks.

     

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    Tofana_237744
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    Dec 07, 2017

    Hi RaghavendraSY,

     

    Unfortunately, this didn't work! There were a few discrepancies with the configuration of the old units (interface name differences, mainly) which caused the upload to fail.

     

    I managed to restore the config from the old appliance to the new, by matching the software version on the new box and then restoring from an SCF. It wasn't the most painless process, but it done the trick in the end!

     

    Thanks for your help though, it was much appreciated.